Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget includes a $3 million increase for the Department of Justice over the next two years, but the governor rejected requests to boost funding for drug treatment courts and the investigation of police-involved deaths.

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold has taken on a role as a special envoy for the U.S. State Department, joining an international effort that will strive to improve the Great Lakes of North America and the Great Lakes of Africa.

The report shows that some 257,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January, a rate that exceeded Wall Street predictions. The latest numbers continue a 12-month span of growth that saw at least 200,000 jobs added each month.

Numbers from November, December and January total to more than 1 million new jobs added to the U.S. economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the biggest job gains occurred in construction, health care and financial services....

A Wisconsin woman filed a lawsuit against Pop Warner youth football in federal court this week, alleging the league her son played in was responsible for brain trauma that contributed to depression and dementia that plagued him throughout his life, eventually resulting in his suicide in 2012.

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says he doesn't yet know how the $300 million in funding cuts for the university proposed in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget would be spread across the system's 26 campuses.

The Wisconsin Idea got a lot of attention this week after it was discovered that the new executive budget had removed it from the University of Wisconsin's mission statement. It's a principle dating back to the founding of the university itself, and according to historian John Buenker it contributed to...